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also nannie
as in nurse
a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children
wrote a memoir recounting her days as a nanny for the rich and often indiscreet
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Placer County prosecutors agreed to a plea deal with a former nanny implicated in a murder case that includes a former Major League Baseball player accused of shooting his wife’s parents three years ago at their Lake Tahoe-area home.
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 10 Feb. 2025
In 2018, he was accused of rape by a woman who worked as his children's former nanny in 2018.
—EW.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Many people in service jobs who took care of those homes, including housekeepers, landscapers, nannies and homecare providers for seniors, are now without work.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
As a result of the plea deal, prosecutors dropped charges of murder and first-degree residential burglary against Scott, who was the family’s nanny.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 10 Feb. 2025
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 10 Feb. 2025
In 2018, he was accused of rape by a woman who worked as his children's former nanny in 2018.
—EW.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Many people in service jobs who took care of those homes, including housekeepers, landscapers, nannies and homecare providers for seniors, are now without work.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
As a result of the plea deal, prosecutors dropped charges of murder and first-degree residential burglary against Scott, who was the family’s nanny.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Nanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nanny. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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